Phil Peel

Tyrone arranged excellent location catering.

After intense discussion, we finally decided to film the pub scene at the Deane Park Inn. This was a scene in which the Italian man and Japanese woman wait in vain to be served outside the pub. then they steal the bikes.

We then drove down to fiilm under Boscombe Pier. where I had one of the strangest coincidences I’ve had in filmmaking.

We set up some way from the pier to get a long shot. In the scene she shows off her karate moves to impress him

As we lined up the camera to the marked spot under the pier a man came down sat by our filming mark and then proceded to do the most amazing martial arts acrobatics right on the spot  we were filming. Bizarre!

We were a bit nervous as Simon went over to ask him to move.   we weren’t quiet sure how he would take it. but he  was OK

I suggested we do a tracking reveal shot which worked well and we got set up and shot very fast.

First day of filming.  We’re on Boscombe Pier and it’s wet.  Then it dries up, as forcast ..which gives us continuity problems.   but then it starts raining again, which the forcast didn’t predict!

In the rain on Boscombe pier

Luckily there’s a central covered partition but the problem is that we need to film on both sides and on the windward side it’s blowing a gale and the rain is driving straight into the lens.

Phil pondering the exposure

We’ve got the Arriflex camera covered, but the the rain gets on the filter very quickly. Also the rain and wind funnel through the gaps in the pier partition so hard that it’s difficult to stay upright.

The actors are great, but Karen, the director, can’t hear what they are saying.

But we managed to film 5 pages of script, which is good for a first day.

Tyrone, Hermina and Tamoko

As the schedule had been very over optimistic, we hadn’t completed everything, so we worked on in the evening to reschedule at our temporary “office” in the Dean Park Inn.